English Explanatory Dictionary

bedstraw

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. any plant of herb genus Galium of the madder family with small pointed leaves and hairy stems with small, white or yellow flowers
  2. Any plant of the genus Cruciata.
  3. straw put into a bed

Pronunciation

/ˈbɛd.stɹɔː/ /ˈbɛd.stɹɔ/ /ˈbɛd.stɹɑ/ LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-bedstraw.wav

Word forms

bedstraw bedstraws

Etymology

From Middle English bedstraw, bedstrau, bedde-straw, equivalent to bed + straw.

Related words

strawbed

Derived words

alpine bedstraw Andrews' bedstraw Argus bedstraw Arkansas bedstraw awned bedstraw bald bedstraw bedstraw St. Johnswort bluntleaf bedstraw Bolander's bedstraw boreal bedstraw Borrego bedstraw box bedstraw bracted bedstraw bristly bedstraw bushy bedstraw California bedstraw Castle Lake bedstraw (Galium glabrescens catchweed bedstraw cliff bedstraw climbing bedstraw coastal bedstraw Colorado bedstraw common marsh bedstraw Cone Peak bedstraw Day's bedstraw desert bedstraw Ebbett's bedstraw El Dorado bedstraw Emery County bedstraw European bedstraw fen bedstraw Fendler's bedstraw Fossil Hill Creek bedstraw fragrant bedstraw graceful bedstraw Gray's bedstraw hairy bedstraw Hall's bedstraw Hardham's bedstraw heath bedstraw Hilend's bedstraw Humboldt bedstraw Intermountain bedstraw Inyo bedstraw Jepson's bedstraw Johnston's bedstraw Kingston Mountains bedstraw lady's bedstraw Lamarck's bedstraw) largeleaf bedstraw licorice bedstraw limestone bedstraw limestone swamp bedstraw Malheur bedstraw Mexican bedstraw Modoc bedstraw Munz's bedstraw narrowleaf bedstraw Nevada bedstraw northern bedstraw
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